Last Christmas morning, a whole, long year ago, as we stayed in bed and acted lazy, and dreamed of the little girl that would be joining us in the coming year, I never could have imagined the loved I'd feel, as on the very next Christmas morning, my little angel would be snuggled up in bed next to me, sitting straight up, shouting ...
Being a mama means
that on the night that your baby decides to stay up 3 hours past her bedtime, (not screaming, not crying, not whining, but just talking and laughing and sitting and playing), and you finally get her to fall asleep at quarter to 11 on the night before your longest, toughest night of the week, when you still have laundry to do and ...
The Top 10 Things You Will Do When Going Out to a Nice Meal with a Baby
10. You will call ahead to the restaurant to ensure that they are child friendly. You will make sure that they have high chairs. And avocado mashing abilities. And liquor. Lots of liquor. *see #7 9. You will pack a suitcase filled with baby toys, baby snacks, baby rattles, baby teethers, baby cheesedoodles, People magazines and ...
eight.
Yesterday, my daughter turned eight months old, during a weekend of many celebrations. There were sparkling candles, big dinners, songs and cheers. However, in trying to think of how to write about my baby's 8 months, I had a hard time finding the words. Should I compose a poem? Month one was fun, but glad it's done! Month two brought smiles in the seashore ...
Wordless Wednesday: The What I’ve Been Up to All Night Edition
Oh, and in case you were wondering, that would be peppermint bark, chocolate covered pretzels, white chocolate covered pretzel clusters, chocolate cinnamon almonds, chocolate saffron petals, chocolate covered potato chips and chocolate covered white fudge oreos. And yes, I have a chocolate mustache right now. 'Sup?
A few Sundazy things:
1. I got an email from my online pregnancy calendar today, congratulating me on reaching a new pregnancy milestone. 2. I am not pregnant. 3. I am not pregnant, but sometimes, a craving or two sneaks it's way in. I've been baking all day. 4. cravings 5. I got another email from my online pregnancy calendar today. It said ...
Word-ful Wednesday
Okay, Okay. I know it's not Wednesday. It's Friday. I'm not being tricky. It's just that I wrote this post on Wednesday, and could not get the photo to work until just now. And it's also just that I couldn't think of another, more appropriate, more creative, more fitting title. That's what a long week, a baby ...
“Take me, baby. Or leave me.”
Last night, before bed, my sister and I were having a chat. We chatted about her upcoming birthday. We chatted about our family dogs. And then, I quoted Rent. And then, I copied and pasted. Me: do you know what that quote above was from btw? Sis: Rent! duh Me: I like forgot if you knew rent Sis: I liked everything you liked ...
Wanna hear something crazy?
My baby, my tiny little girl, is now mobile. While she's not quite crawling, she's able to really get her move on. She rolls, she drags herself, she pulls herself and can sit up on her own. She can, quite speedily, maneuver herself from one end of the living room to the other end of the living room, and ...
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